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How is it that if God has so opened my eyes to his grace, I can't help to take that grace

to other people. And what opportunities

do I have today to spread hope in the lives of other? Again, they are bombarded with doom. What

if not living in denial of that pain? What if in the midst of that pain, I can bring some

good news as well. Well, Kevin Thompson joins us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Bailey. I'm John Fuller, and thanks for being with us. John, I think it's good to say, how do you start your day? You know, Gene and I, really since COVID, have gotten into that habit. We do RVL, Ray Vanderl, Discipleship Series. So in the morning, it's about a 15-minute little clip you can get from focus on the family.

And we have a cup of coffee and we pray together and, you know, hear what Ray has to say, refer to

scriptures, et cetera, do it devotional and we get on with the day. That's most days, not every

day because there are things that crowd that. But how do you start your day? It's a good question. And

oftentimes there's that desire to look at the phone and look at the news. And I do that too.

Don't get me wrong. I'm no saint or angel. But there is that habit to kind of start our day

with the worst possible news we can find, right? That's a good observation. But when you stop and and think about it, why do that? Let's start with the uplifting news we can find. That's a good observation. But when you stop and think about it, why do that?

Let's start with the uplifting news of what's eternally true rather than the temporary news

of what will drag us down.

Yeah, I remember I was taking one of my boys to school, and he wanted to hear sports,

and I just said, hey, truth before trivia, let's listen to something on the radio or a podcast with the Bible in it.

And he looked at me and like, why? You don't do that.

Well, he didn't say it, but I felt it. So, yeah, I'm tracking with you.

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